Event: Advice/counsel, Alms-giving, Correspondence, Crime, Lust, Monastery, violation ofBoniface 5-others.letter to Æthelbald 4

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Description The bishops wrote to Æthelbald 4 to commend his almsgiving and his defence of the widows and the poor. However, they were particularly eager to condemn his adulterous lust and the atrocious crimes he committed with nuns. The bishops also condemned the king's violation of the privileges of churches and the stealing of monastic revenues. They reminded him of how Osred 1 and Ceolred 1 ended their lives because of their similar behaviour.
Year [746] x [747]
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*The bishops reported how adultery is condemened by the pagans in old Saxony. *The bishops also added that in France and Italy the English people were reported as scorning lawful marriage.

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